About the author

Tian Helu is an author known for his research on the classics of traditional Chinese medicine. Public information about him is limited, and details such as his place of origin, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not recorded in the available sources. Judging from his existing works, his writing centers on the Huangdi Neijing (Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor) and extends to the exposition and clinical application of the five movements and six qi theory, covering topics such as the fundamentals of ancient astronomy and calendrics, the method of supporting yang, and the piwei lun (treatise on the spleen and stomach). His representative works include Clinical Triple Syndromes of Five Movements and Six Qi, Plain Five Movements and Six Qi (Traditional Chinese Medicine Teacher-Training Academy), Interpreting Human Life through Five Movements and Six Qi, Interpreting the Piwei Lun through Five Movements and Six Qi: A Book on Saving the Spirit and Nourishing the Body, The Great Method of Supporting Yang in the Huangdi Neijing, and Ancient Astronomy and Calendrics as Discussed in the Huangdi Neijing. These works fall mainly under medicine and health, are aimed at students and practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine, and emphasize linking the five movements and six qi doctrine with human life and pattern identification, combining accessible explanation with interpretation of the classics.

Written (7)

Clinical Triple Patterns of the Five Movements and Six Qi cover
Rating 3.9
Clinical Triple Patterns of the Five Movements and Six Qi 田合禄 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2026 The doctrine of the five movements and six qi is a theory from ancient China that studies climatic changes and their relationship with human health an…
Five Movements and Six Qi Made Accessible (Traditional Chinese Medicine Master-Apprentice Classroom) cover
Rating 3.9
Five Movements and Six Qi Made Accessible (Traditional Chinese Medicine Master-Apprentice Classroom) 田合禄 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2025 The doctrine of the five movements and six qi is a theory developed in ancient China to study climate change and its relationship with human health an…
Interpreting Treatise on Spleen and Stomach through Five Movements and Six Qi: A Book on Saving the Spirit and Nourishing the Body cover
Rating 3.4
Interpreting Treatise on Spleen and Stomach through Five Movements and Six Qi: A Book on Saving the Spirit and Nourishing the Body 田合禄 People's Medical Publishing House · 2025 Li Gao, styled Dongyuan in his later years and known to posterity as Li Dongyuan, was a renowned physician of the Jin dynasty and a leading figure of …
The Great Method of Supporting Yang in the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic cover
Rating 3.3
The Great Method of Supporting Yang in the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic 田合禄 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2025 We are now in an era of fuyang fever, but later generations have chiefly focused on tonifying kidney yang, whereas the Huangdi Neijing states that "wh…
Basic Knowledge of Ancient Astronomy and Calendars from the Huangdi Neijing cover
Rating 3.2
Basic Knowledge of Ancient Astronomy and Calendars from the Huangdi Neijing 田合禄 / 赵振亚 / 田峰 · 2025 The "Qi Jiao Bian Da Lun" chapter of the Suwen in the Huangdi Neijing states: "The one who knows the Way understands astronomy above, geography below,…
Interpreting Human Life through the Five Movements and Six Qi cover
Rating 3.8
Interpreting Human Life through the Five Movements and Six Qi 田合禄 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2020 This book holds that the yin and yang of heaven and earth and the four seasons discussed in the five movements and six qi are the foundation of human …
The Three Regions and Six Meridians of Exogenous Disease in Chinese Medicine: Tracing the Medical Principles of the Treatise on Cold Damage cover
The Three Regions and Six Meridians of Exogenous Disease in Chinese Medicine: Tracing the Medical Principles of the Treatise on Cold Damage 田合禄 Shanxi Science and Education Press · 1990 The Three Regions and Six Meridians of Exogenous Disease in Chinese Medicine—Tracing the Medical Principles of the Treatise on Cold Damage is Tian Hel…

Publishers

China Press of Traditional Chinese MedicinePeople's Medical Publishing HouseShanxi Science and Education Press